Action for a greener, healthier America

Our 2021 national agenda

From ramping up renewable energy to reducing our reliance on single-use plastics, Our national network has big plans for the new year.

Trump EPA rushes soot standard that will cut short 50,000 lives

Rushing to protect polluters and harm our families’ health is a terrible legacy for the administration.

A win for wildlife: Bank of America won't finance Arctic Refuge drilling

Environmental advocates, the vast majority of Americans, and now every major U.S. bank all agree: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is no place for drilling.

First Things to Fix

Early actions the Biden administration can take to restore critical environmental protections

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News Release | Environment America

Good as news: positive environmental stories you may have missed this week

The Public Interest Network’s Environment America and U.S. PIRG are working on multiple campaigns to help America get through the coronavirus pandemic as quickly and safely as possible. But we're also working to ensure that when the outbreak ends, the United States’ policies and practices ensure a cleaner, safer, better world for all of us.

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Hope for the Tongass National Forest

President Biden’s first day actions signal a welcome change in direction for wild forest policy.

News Release | Environment America

Statement: President Biden announces plans to set the U.S. on course toward a greener, healthier future

President Joe Biden has wasted no time in following through on several campaign promises related to protecting the environment and addressing climate change.

News Release | Environment America

Environment America and partners file lawsuit to protect clean air

Environment America, along with ten other public interest organizations, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit opposing the Trump administration’s unlawful decision to bypass updating the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5).

News Release | Environment America

Statement: Biden expected to keep promise as U.S. will rejoin the international Paris Agreement

WASHINGTON -- When the Trump administration officially pulled the United States out of the international Paris Agreement on Nov. 4, 2020, Joe Biden promised that the United States would rejoin the climate accord upon his first day in office. On Wednesday, Biden is expected to follow through on his commitment to once again be part of this ground-breaking agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.   

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Coronavirus update

Our work to defend the environment can’t stop and won’t stop in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll keep advocating on your behalf — at a safe social distance — for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate.